流水不腐，戶樞不蠹

Chinese
Flowing water is never stale; A rolling stone gathers no moss A door hinge never gets plagued by worms; a rolling stone gathers no moss
trad. (流水不腐，戶樞不蠹) 流水不腐 ， 戶樞不蠹
simp. (流水不腐，户枢不蠹) 流水不腐 ， 户枢不蠹

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): liúshuǐbùfǔ, hùshūbùdù
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄨˇ , ㄏㄨˋ ㄕㄨ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨˋ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): lau4 seoi2 bat1 fu6, wu6 syu1 bat1 dou3

Idiom

流水不腐，戶樞不蠹

  1. Flowing water is never stale and a moving door hinge never gets rusty
  2. (figuratively) A rolling stone gathers no moss
  3. (figuratively) Things in frequent use are not easily eroded, and can remain energetic.
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